Page 48 of Brick

Drive a race car

Bungee jump

Scuba dive

Change Someone’s Life

Fall in Love (trust your heart)

Two of those were new, and the last…unwelcome. She’d tried opening herself up and look how it turned out. He had never come back. Never called. Besides, romance had been the last thing on her mind the past few weeks.

And she’d made enough moves where Brick Barlow was concerned. Dammit.

She couldn’t think straight; nothing made sense.

Her heart cracked open. As she stared at Carol’s uneven print, the tears finally came. Her chest tightened against the soul-deep pain. Silent at first, her anguish gave way to a mournful cry, and she sobbed. For the lies. The crushing loneliness. For the plans they made and never saw through.

For a lifetime without her best friend. Her guiding star. Her mentor.

She cried until she had nothing left. It could have been five minutes or fifty, but she finally caught her breath.

Clutching the frame in a death grip, she moved woodenly toward the exit.

“Are you going to finish the list?”

She paused at Rosita’s question, the doorknob in her hand. “I don’t know.” Thinking about it hurt too much.

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